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Yes, Suzi Quatro – Rock legend – was in Archway Tavern recently reciting poetry and looking fabulous. You would guess she's in her forties and she's still wearing a leopard coat when she arrives. Rather appropriately, as a pioneer for women in Rock 'n' Roll, she follows an all-female bill of poets and is not upstaged by an attention grabbing set from main support Salena Godden about "doing what the fuck you want with your vagina". Quatro has always done so (check her great biography 'Unzipped') and so takes the situation in her stride.

In fact, what the evening reveals is the cerebral side to Suzy Q. She was given an honorary doctorate of music recently in Cambridge, having written poetry since she was a small girl and although numerous poems have been made into song lyrics, she also calls herself poet as well as song-writer. Tonight marks the publication of her book of poems 'Through My Eyes – Poetry And Reminiscences'. The poetry is exclusively biographical and in the book she explains most of her poems with notes and photographs. If you have read her biography it is very easy to understand the meaning. She wears her heart on her sleeve.

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And so the highlight of the evening was Suzi Quatro reading out her poems giving them living, breathing form. As with her book on poetry, whilst she has a wild side, the poems reveal that she takes her Catholic faith and family seriously and thinks deeply about the consequences of everything she does, making her less wild than the leather cat suit might suggest, but certainly as the stanzas suggest not tamed. The poems are mainly about her personal relationships with her mother, her best friend, her children, her lovers and her husbands. She is also happy to answer questions about her career this evening and reveals she is a Nirvana fan, that she will release new music in 2017 (recorded with Andy Scott of Sweet and Don Powell of Slade assisted by Mike Batt's orchestration) in tandem with a "second final" tour including six new original songs and a number of covers including Bob Dylan's 'Just Like A Woman' and that a DVD will come out next year about her career. She graciously stays behind for book signing and photographs before she sweeps off in her leopard coat leaving the audience open mouthed. Now, THAT doesn't happen very much in Archway!

SeaDog57 : Berny looking for the link and password to Issue 87 free music

Berny : @yvesrock: Apologies for the troubles. I've just sent you an email.

yvesrock : Hi,I ordered the 11th june the new Fireworks' magazine (issue 87) and I didn't receive it.
Can you see if you sent it ?
Best wishes
Yves

yvesrock : Hi,

Berny : @Gazza2005: Please accept my apologies for the delay in processing your order. You should have received a confirmation mail by now. We are really trying our best to fix the payment issue as soon as possible. Thanks for your patience! PS: It seems as if you sent the payment twice, we sent you a refund.

Gazza2005 : I have bought issue 80 and I still ha e not had confirmation of my download. Please could this be sorted out

Gazza2005 : Hello. Can someone direct me to my download please

Gazza2005 : Can someone help please

Gazza2005 : It’s Fireworks 80

Gazza2005 : Just paid for my online version / download but I keep getting failure message. All paid for so what is going on

Berny : Sorted! Thanks for your patience, enjoy the magazine! :)

HenningHallq : Hey guys! I purchased FIREWORKS #87 yesterday and paid by my paypal, but there is still no download link on my account. Can you help me with this? Thanks a lot!

Siodmak : Really thanks !!!!

Berny : @Siodmak: Pls. do not worry about the error message, we currently have to process orders manually because of a n issue with our payment system. I do not want to bore you with technical details, but the redirection from PayPal to our shop does not work as it should, that's why your purchase is not assigned automatically. We are working on it! Sorry for the troubles & thanks for your understanding. We hope you like the new issue of Fireworks! :)

Siodmak : Hello guys : - ) same problem as with previous number: just purchased Fireworks Mag. 87, and this is the message: "We are sorry, but it looks like your transaction failed". I've paid it with paypol. Thanks for your help!!

Berny : @Raphone @colorvine: You should have received your download instructions by now, if you haven't, pls. send a mail to «email» - Sorry for the troubles!

colorvine : Hello! Purchased FIREWORKS #87 yeasterday and paid by my paypal, but there is still no download link on my account.Can you help? Thanks

Raphone : Hello! Purchased FIREWORKS #87 yeasterday and paid by my paypal, but there is still no download link on my account.Can you help? Thanks

Berny : Fireworks Magazine #87 is out now!

SeaDog57 : Thanks again Berny

Berny : Hi SeaDog57: Apologies!Password can be found in the forum, link was (again) added to the "Fireworks" menu.

SeaDog57 : Berny; need a download link for #86 and the pg number for the Code

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